Letters, Apr. 12, 1943

The Jan. 25 issue of TIME arrived in yesterday's mail, and the main
topic of conversation last night was the coal strike in Pennsylvania.
We decided that we would like the following message conveyed to Oscar
Servaczgo, striking Wilkes-Barre anthracite coal miner.

We can't tell how many we are, but we're a company of farmers, clerks,
salesmen, miners (coal and copper), truck drivers, laborers and
mechanics. . . . We're volunteers, draftees, and old army men from 17
to 37. . . .